EDITOR'S OPINION

Today on the Batman VC section we have another member of Batman's Rogues Gallery whom is quite the "E. Nigma" indeed, okay bad puns aside here is a VC for THE RIDDLER! Since this is a rather large VC I shall make this a short one as I found John Glover, Wally Wingert and surprisingly enough Shannon McCormick to be the best of the Riddler voices here. The other VA's in this VC were for the most part not bad (though I do think that Ted Knight was probably the weakest performance here. To be fair Ted's voice for the role is not bad but the delivery on his lines can be inconsistent and awkward, I admit I have heard worse but still.) Overall I am going with John Glover, Wally Wingert and Shannon McCormick the most here.

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Roger's performance is decent I guess. He sounds fittingly smug and actually has a fantastic manic laugh, but his voice is too deep for the role. And while I did like his laugh, it's incredibly jarring to hear it alongside his low-pitched voice.

I have mixed feelings with Roger, I feel the voice could have worked but sounds too calm and the laugh kinda contradicts it. However if he had more of an egotistic performance I feel the voice could have worked a little more. I just feel if tweaked a little, he could have made a really good Riddler.

Rob Paulsen and Weird Al Yankovic were pretty good as Riddler, and Jason Spisak was a better voice than Dave Franco. That said, Matthew Gray Gubler sunds too young (ironically, the opposite problem I had with him as Jimmy Olsen in All-Star Batman) and too reserved for Eddie.

1. Wally Wingert: Probably one of the best casting choices I've ever seen for a villain. His Riddler just oozes with trickiness, smugness, and a frantic sort of insanity that all blend to make him the lovable jerk he is, and will always be the voice I picture for the Riddler! But then again, the Arkham games have fantastic casting in general, which Wally shows fantastically.

2. Robert Englund: His Riddler is different than what I'd normally picture for the character, but that's not a bad thing at all! His Riddler is fantastically creepy, and still as tricky as I'd expect for the character!

3. Shannon McCormick: His voice is a bit deeper than I'd expect for the Riddler, but it's still a pretty good performance, it has a lot of what makes Wally's performance so good so ultimately, it's among my favorites!

4. Rob Paulsen: A very entertaining zany voice, maybe it's not the best for the character in general, but it's still very fun to listen to! A great fit for a sillier incarnation of the character.

5. Weird Al: Like with Rob, his voice is very nice for a sillier and light-hearted take on the character, though honestly I could totally see him working as a more traditional Riddler!

6. John Michael Higgins: Not a lot to say here, as I'd repeat what I said about Rob and Weird Al. Good performance all around.

7. John Glover: I'll probably get eaten alive for putting him so low, but I don't think he's bad at all! Just a lot lower in my eyes than most, I just don't get that sort of energy I expect from the Riddler in his performance. Of course, I haven't seen any episodes with him so that my explain why he's so low. :p

8. Jason Spisak: Not really all that great in my eyes, but it's a hell of a lot better than Dave Franco's take, that's for sure!

9. Michael Bell: Not bad for an old-timey take on the Riddler, but still not all that great. If he ditched the ridiculously high-pitched voice, he'd actually be pretty decent!

10. Matthew Gray Gubler: To be fair, he gets the Riddler's smug personality down well, but he not only fails to capture the Riddler's frantic energy, but is an all around disappointing substitute for Wally Wingert!

11. Ted Knight: Truth be told, his is actually one of my favorite takes on a so-bad-it's-good level. His voice cracks me up, it sounds like a mix between a Beatle and William Shatner! :D

12. Dave Franco: Eegh... not much to say here, it's just an all around bad take that's unpleasant to listen to, far too whiny sounding.

If they wanted to give really a high voice in YJ they could have casted Peter Macnicol. I'd also like Matt L. Jones to voice Riddler, using his Humpty Dumpty voice from Beware The Batman, mainly for his 2nd appearance.

1-: Wally Wingert: One of the best casting choices in the Batman: Arkham series, he really nailed Edward's intellectual-yet-impatient, haughty personality.
2-: John Glover: A really charming take on the character, I love the accent and he really suited Riddler's arrogant persona that could even make him sound like a buffoon at points.
3-: Shannon McCormick: A bit more reserved, but he plays the part to near perfection. Definitely one of my favorite DCUO performances.
4-: Rob Paulsen: A good fit for the more insane, zany version of the character, he sounds like he's channeling Jim Carrey at points.
5-: John Michael Higgins: Interchangeable with Rob Paulsen a lot of the time. A very good performance, it reminds me of John Glover's take, but a bit more energetic.
6-: Robert Englund: I don't like this version of the character, but Robert still did a good job with the role, although I don't find him very memorable.

Everyone is just plain annoying, with Dave Franco being the worst(seriously what were they thinking with this version of the character????)

I'd say that Weird Al is good for his style, which is like an alternative to the oldies style.

That said, Michael Bell obvious is the main definition of Riddler for the oldies while John Michael Higgins is pretty good at recreating that version.

I think John Glover is a decent Riddler and defines the animated series Riddler very well. Since the Arkham series, mostly, seems to relate to the animated series closely in that fashion I think Wally does a great job recreating THAT voice.

I'm not sure about the Young Justice voice but for the majorly different Riddler of The Batman (as the animated series presents him as some charming trickster but it's still hard to believe he's a villain, this version makes him seem to have more purpose to me somehow) I think Robert Englund does a great job for this one.

But oddly Shannon McCormick is probably my favorite as the voice and even the design seems to be the general modern Riddler from the animated series/Arkham Asylum but with more dimension to him. I can see it as a clever villain for a change.

Rob Paulsen is Rob Paulsen... and that was a parody series so I guess I can't really judge it too badly. lol

Wally takes the cake for Riddler, followed closely by John Glover and Robert Englund.

The rest of the bunch looks like this:

4. Shannon McCormick
5. John Higgins
6. Ted Knight
7. Michael Bell
8. Dave Franco - Franco's version is probably best-suited for the newer fan that hasn't had much exposure to Bats material
9. Rob Paulsen - Probably the one and only time I'll have Rob at the bottom of anything, but I was majorly disappointed in his rendition. I know the game is supposed to be on the lighter side, so it's not the Carrey-esque sound that bothers me. It's the fact that I *know* he's a better actor and capable of much more versatility than what's heard throughout the game. To me, he just sounded like a higher pitched version of himself with a tiny hint of Carrey mixed in.

1. Wally Wingert - His voice IS the Riddler!
2. John Glover - A wonderful voice performance: sophistication, intellect, arrogance, and insanity are all reflected in it. His final scene in "Riddler's Reform" will always haunt me.
3. Robert Englund - While the creepiness and mysteriousness was a tad forced at first, he came into his own quickly. An excellent voice and performance for a great incarnation of Riddler.
4. Shannon McCormick - Sounds similar to Wally but the delivery is a bit lacking. Still a solid take, though.
5. Rob Paulsen - Brilliantly entertaining. Sounds like he could be a perfect Jim Carrey impression.
6. John Higgins - It works well for Riddler, but it's nothing too memorable.
7. Michael Bell - Same as Higgins. The pitch could've affored to be less high.
8. Ted Knight - Hilariously awful. His delivery is like William Shatner for some strange reason.
9. Dave Franco - Aggravatingly awful. James' brother was really miscast here. He even sounds a bit like Robot Chicken's M Night Shyamalan voice. What a tweest!

@Galactic_Cyrus Interesting. I really do like Robert's Riddler despite being a bit too creepy for my liking. But I still like his performance. Personally, I think 1-6 (my ranking) all work well for the Riddler.

Ted Knight wasn't too good. The voice and delivery both sounded kind of off.
Michael Bell did a pretty good job of making him sound arrogant and intelligent. The voice was a little annoying, but I think that was intentional.
John Glover made him sound intelligent and more than a bit theatrical.
Robert Englund gave a creepy, menacing performance. Only problem I have is that he sounds a bit too old for that particular version of the character. I wish he'd played an older Riddler.
Wally Wingert, while also nailing the intelligence and arrogance, the added element of his inferiority complex really made his performance distinctive.
John Michael Higgins is more of a classic Riddler: theatrical, arrogant, and a little annoying; he did a good job.
Shannon McCormick sounded arrogant and intelligent. Not much to add.
Dave Franco was a very different interpretation of the Riddler. While not personally a fan of this Riddler, he did perform the part well for what it was.
Rob Paulsen was entertaining as usual.
I went with Wally Wingert, but other than Franco and Knight, I though the others were also great Riddlers.

Tee Hee I liked all of them... Though of course like all judgmental human beings. I have a specific faves over others.
1. John, Wally, and Shannon... they both captured the cool, calm intellect side of him with a bit of corky-ness, which we come to expect. They also do his angry side very well too. Rob, Ted, and Michael are a close second. I can't really decide which of those three I like best. Surprisingly Rob was more decent than I expected but still a bit creepy. My third choices are Rob Paulsen and Dave Franco. Now Rob is okay as him and James sounds well I guess the right age he's suppose to portray him as, but I still find it a bit lacking.

1. Robert Englund- Creepy yet intelligent but still had that cockyness he needs on top of that he could still fit the sympathetic side that the show had. It think his performance is underrated.

2. Shannon McCormick- Again, creepy yet intelligent. The delivery on the riddler is really well done and even showed some fear at the end maybe showing a tragic side to him? Maybe not but still his performance fits well for the character and is another underrated performance.

3. Wally Wingert- I'm surprised by this (or was when I first found out it was him) this is a nice change of pace for him. It lacks a creepiness or a tragic side but he sounds intellignet and cocky which fits the character but then there's the fact that he can just snap out of no where over the littlest things. It makes him unpredictable and more scary then creepy. It's nice :D

4. John Glover- Voice wise it's pretty generic but he make up for it with a good performance with a good mix of comical and tragic.

5. Rob Paulsen- After Glover there are no more serious Riddlers and of the "comical" Riddlers Rob is the best. Yeah he has few lines but the inconstisnt voice hints at his insane side and he does have an okay deilvery. Plus what I've come to hear with most of his roles, Robs sounds like he's having fun.

6. Micheal Bell- It's campy and cheesey but one of the better examples of those. Not great but not terrible.

7. Ted Knight- Pokejedservo said it best, not a terrible voice but the delivery is awkward.

8. Dave Franco- Total miscast! I mean really, they thought this fit. Maybe it kind of fits the intelligent side but nothing else, it's not even funny! The lisp makes no sense, the voice is annoying and even the deilvery sounds annoying. I thought in the prison epsiode they were building him up to be this crazy badass that'll make everyone who insulted him pay but that didn't happen.

1 . Shannon McCormick - Sounds like an obsessed intellectual which is exactly what Riddler`s supposed to be . Bonus points for the mix of creepiness , cool detachment and fear towards the end .
2 . Robert Englund - His creepy yet tragic Gothic take on Riddler was daring yet it totally paid off IMHO as while he creeped us out , as we learned more about his backstory and how he`d been betrayed by his fiancee and lab partner we couldn`t help but feel sorry for him . For all the creepiness and mindgames , at his core this Riddler was ultimately a frustrated genius whose life may have taken a different turn had he been appreciated rather than mocked and betrayed by the only two people he ever really trusted .
3 . John Glover - Glover`s Nygma , a disgraced toystore employee who had a mutual respect for Batman whom he saw as an intellectual equal and perhaps the man he lacked the strength and discipline to be , was another creepy yet tragic take on The Character . He was refreshing amongst BTAS villains in that he really had nothing against Batman . He simply saw him as a worthy opponent and good challenge .
4 . Wally Wingert - A different , not as sympathetic but no less valid incarnation of The Riddler , this incarnation of The Character is a frustrated genius convinced Batman is every bit as much a criminal as he is ( which , at least , from a legal standpoint if not a moral one , is true ) and out to prove it .

Wow, this was a horrible reminder of just how bad most of the Riddler voices actually were.The only two people who ever did Riddler justice were Glover and Wingert. It's hard to pick my favourite of the two as I lvoe both of their renditions but at a push I'd say Glover (even though a poor choice of clip). Wingert very close second.

Wally Wingert wins this one in my opinion. It was hilarious when the Riddler belittled his own henchmen in Arkham City. Not to mention Wingert is brilliant when the Ridller gets paranoid in Asylum when Batman beats his riddles.

John Glover, with Wally Wingert being a very, VERY close second. Glover not only makes The Riddler sound very calm and collected, but he also manages to make him lose his cool after he has been bested in spectacular fashion. Glover's screaming at the end of the episode "Riddler's Reform" in particular makes him the definitive Riddler for me.

Wingert is fantastic as well, giving Riddler a slight sense of insecurity that flares up every now and then to great effect.

Despite not liking that some of the riddles in Arkham Asylum went into "dead baby comedy" territory, I thought Wally Wingert really nailed the Riddler, though John Glover and Robert Englund are good, too.

As much as I loved Batman: The Animated Series, I'm going to have to go with Robert Englund on this one, not only does he have the best voice but he also looks unquestionably creepy and has the most haunting and awesome design out of all of them.

In order are my favorites:
1. Wally- Had a good range. Went to serious to crazy to a little silly
2. Robert- All serious but worked for that version of the Riddler
3. Shanon- Good delivery on the riddle and sounded aragont which is what I imagine for the Riddler

Quite a tough one here, as I thought most of the modern Riddler voices were quite good. Ultimately, I give it to Wally Wingert, who perfectly got the obsessive and arrogant side of him. I also like Englund and Glove after.